Black-winged kite

The black-winged kite is widely distributed mainly in the African continent, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is a rare stray bird in Japan due to its outlying distribution area, but on Ishigaki Island it has become established and breeds and can be observed all year round.
I first saw it in Senegal. It was a bird that was very wary and would fly away if I approached it even a little. When I saw it on Ishigaki Island a few years ago, I only saw it in the distance.
Recently, however, there are more and more individuals that are less cautious, and this time I was able to observe it in a very close proximity, even showing up in a residential area.
In French it is called Élanion blac, Élanion being the ancient Greek word for kite, while blac is the Middle English word for black. The meaning is black kite, but it is often called Élanion blanc (white kite) because the word blac is similar to blanc (French white).